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ABSTRACT
The activation of the great lateral dextral Sumatran
strike slip fault related to the structural evolution in
the Jambi sub-basin. Based on the strain ellipsoid
analysis, it was recognized that the structural
evolution of the Jambi sub-basin included three
orders. First order was occurred when Sumatran
strike slip was active in the southern part of South
Sumatra basin at the Pre-Tertiary time. The WNWESE Lematang fault was resulted as a synthetic
right lateral strike-slip fault relative to the Sumatran
fault. The other ones, the NNE-SSW Setiti-Tembesi
fault was active as an antithetic left lateral strike
slip fault. The Kikim fault and Lembak fault were
formed as an antithetic fault relative to the
Lematang major fault on the second order at the
Eocene to Oligocene time. The third order of the
structural evolution at the Middle Miocene to
Pliocene time was dominated by compression
regime that results the NW-SE thrust and reverse
fault. The structural evolution of Jambi sub-basin
showed the block rotation of 45-degree clock wisely
relatively to the great Sumatra strike slip fault.
INTRODUCTION
The structural evolution of Tertiary basin,
especially on the eastern part of Sumatra Island was
started by rifting system because of the extension
and continental thinning at the Eocene time. Morley
(2002b) suggested that the basin formation in the
Sumatra Island was occurred because of subduction
rollback that was assumed as a resistance to the
compression force causing rifting and basin
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The paper is a summary of structural studies
conducted by the authors when they studied in the
Physic Department UI. The authors would like to
give many thank to Mr Basuki Puspoputro who has
supervised and given valuable discussion, guidance
and suggestions during preparation this paper, and
also made to our friends who provided very helpful
input and support in order to finalize the paper.
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Figure 2 - Seismic line JA-35 across the northern tip of Jambi sub-basin shows the left lateral strike slip that
act a synthetic strike slip relative to the Setiti-Tembesi major strike slip fault (modified after
Pertamina/BEICIP, 1992).
Figure 3 - Strain ellipsoid shows the first order of structural evolution in the South Sumatra basin.
Figure 4 - Strain ellipsoid shows the second order of structural evolution in the Lematang area, closed to the
Palembang sub-basin.
Figure 5 - Strain ellipsoid shows the second order of structural evolution in the Setiti-Tembesi areas,
Jambi sub-basin basin.
Figure 6 - Strain ellipsoid shows the third order of structural evolution in the Setiti-Tembesi areas, Jambi
sub-basin.